Pazzano

Pazzano
Pazzano
Comune
	Comune di Pazzano
	Panorama of Pazzano
	Coat of arms
	Pazzano, urban area
	Location of Pazzano
	Pazzano Location of Pazzano in Italy Pazzano Pazzano (Calabria)
	Coordinates: 38°29′N 16°27′E / 38.483°N 16.450°E
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Metropolitan city	Reggio Calabria (RC)
Government
• Mayor	Salvatore Fiorenza (since April 5, 2005)
Area
• Total	15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	799
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym	Pazzanesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	89040
Dialing code	0964
Patron saint	St. Joseph
Saint day	March 19
Website	Official website

Pazzano (Calabrian: Pazzanu) is a village and comune located in Locride's region in the province of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy).

History

The first known mention of Pazzano dates to a 1094 document. The town was founded as a minerary center for the exploitation of iron (by pyrite and limonite) and molybdenum (the latter in caves of Monte Stella and Monte Consolino) deposits. During the period of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, its 25 mines made Pazzano the most important mining centre in all of southern Italy. The minerals were processed at Reali ferriere ed Officine di Mongiana in Mongiana.

Pazzano became a comune in 1811. Minerary activities lasted until the 20th century. During the 1950s, the inhabitants began to emigrate to northern Italy, and Pazzano's population drastically reduced.

At Sydney,(Australia), since the 1950s the emigrants of Pazzano created a little Community in Brookvale (nicknamed Pazzaniedu) and at Narraweena, every year take place the Santo Salvatore's fiest.

There is also a little community at Aliquippa in Pennsylvania (USA).

By the 1980s the ecomuseum Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria (Ecomuseum of iron-foundry and foundry of Calabria) was to preserve and remember the industrial archaeology of the town.

Main sights

Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo (Santa Maria's church)
Santuario di Monte Stella (Monte Stella's Sanctuary)
The 25 old iron mines of Borbonic period, now closed:

Principe Ereditario (Settecento)
Carolina (Settecento)
S. Ferdinando (Settecento)
Regina
Noceto
Scolo
Galleria Italia
Galleria Piave
Galleria Acqua Calda
Contrì
San Giuseppe
R. Principe
Colle di Banno
Lucarello
S. Maria
Perrone
Gotto
perronello
Clementina
Clementina II
San Carlo
San Nicola
Campoli
Garibaldi
San Luigi
Grotta Nuova
Provvisoria
Regina ribasso
Melichicchi
Umberto I

Fontana Vecchia or Fontana dei minatori (Old Fountain or Miner's Fountain)

Notable people

Giuseppe Coniglio (December 2, 1922 – March 13, 2006), poet. He wrote Calabria contadina (poetry, 1973), Quattru chjacchjari e ddui arrisi (poetry, 1984), A terra mia (poetry, 1998) and Marcu e Filomena (theatrical comedy)
Luigi Sbarra, CISL syndicalist, CISL secretary of Calabria since 1960 up to 2000, since December 16, 2009 he is member of CISL national secretariat. In 2006 received 'Mediterraneo - Impegno e civiltà award.
Roberto Taverniti (February 18, 1888 – September 16, 1916), journalist of Il Divenire sociale and founder of Terra Nostra newspaper. He died in first world war.
Sandro Taverniti (June 29, 1944), writer and poet. He wrote Quando Maria Cantava, Dissestate Rime (2007) and Nel paese dei due Re (2010).
Giuseppe Fiorenza, writer, screenwriter and director, founder of the Barlaam center (a cultural association about calabrian narratives), he wrote Fuori dalla gente (1980), La terra senza Dio (1995), Io t'ho amato sempre non t'ho amato mai (2007), Un viaggio lungo 35 anni 11 mesi 29 giorni (2010) and Il paese del malocchio (2011), as director: Storie di Palazzo, C'era una volta un baracchino Fiat, Festa. In the 1985 collaborated in the Daniele Segre movie: Andata e ritorno.

Economy

In the past Pazzano had an industrial activity related with Reali Ferriere di Mongiana, people who worked in the field in spring and summer period on winter worked in the iron mines. The subsistence agriculture produced olive oil, wine, grain, cheese, vegetables like eggplants, tomatoes, chicory, zucchini, beans, chickpeas, fruit like oranges, figs, and pears. There were also limestone quarries, hydraulic mills, and a homemade of dress production. The SS110 road has been paved for the first time in the 1950s by pazzano's entrepreneurs from Monasterace Marina to Serra San Bruno.

From the 1957 up to 1975 Pazzano was the headquarters of transport truck company Sabatino Salvatore & figli (after moving from Stilo). In the 1960s there were more than 60 commercial activities among hairdressers, tailors, shoemakers, bar owners, drugstores... The 1960s was also the period when started southern emigration to Italian northern cities and year by year all the activities were closed.

Today

The economy of Pazzano now is largely based on agriculture: olive oil production, fruit harvesting, and religious tourism. Recently, there have been some attempts in Vallata dello Stilaro and Serre calabresi to increase natural tourism with the creation of the near Parco naturale regionale delle Serre (Serre's park) and archaeological industrial tourism with the ecomuseum creation of Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria and the building of Museo della cultura mineraria (mine culture museum) in Pazzano.

Transportation

Pazzano is located on the SS 110 state road, 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the coastal town of Monasterace Marina.

There is a bus service, Federico, that links Pazzano with Reggio Calabria and several other towns including Stilo, Caulonia, Gioiosa Ionica and Locri. The nearest railway station is Monasterace Marina (15 km).

Administration

Italian republic period

Sindaco (Mayor)	Party	Election day
Francesco Fiorenza		1943
Emilio Amato		1944
Rocco Micelotta		1946
Remo Taverniti		1954
Libero Taverniti		1961
Ilario Papello		1965
Francesco Russo		1969
Stefano Zannino		1971
Francesco Zannino		1973
Francesco Zannino		1978
Salvatore Fiorenza		1984
Salvatore Tassone		1986
Salvatore Tassone		1990
Salvatore Zannino	Lista civica	1996
Salvatore Zannino	Lista civica	05/04/2000
Salvatore Fiorenza	Lista civica	05/04/2005
Franco Depace	Lista civica	29/03/2010
Alessandro Taverniti	Lista civica	31/05/2015

Feast-days

A cumprunta (2000)

March 19 - Feast of San Giuseppe & procession. "ciciri e cannarozza"
May 1 - Feast of Madonna Immacolata
1st Sunday of August - SS. Salvatore's feast
14–15 August - Pilgrimage to Madonna della Stella's sanctuary cave
3–5 September - San Rocco's feast
October 31 - Mbeati muorti's feast

Food

Pazzano's food is typical of Calabria, and includes:

Pasta e casa (Home made pasta).
Ragù cooked with goat meat.
Tripe ('trippa') and potatoes
Melanzane ('malangiani') ripiene (stuffed aubergine/egg-plant)
'Pipi Chini' (stuffed capsicum)
Zippuli
Pitta di San Martino, San Martino's day (11 November) typical sweet
cuzzupe, Easter typical sweet

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)

External links

[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v11-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[istat-2] All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)

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